Thursday, August 9, 2012

peachy

I've been trying
to draw a peach to use as a pattern and visual aid for the model of
the peach inlay. I've been looking at photos of peaches on-line and
in books but I can't find the perfect peach from the perfect angle to
match the image I have in my mind.

I've been to the
grocery store several times, coming home with bags of peaches, each
of them delicious and yet none still matched my image. I am
dissatisfied with them all as a model for the pattern.

Obviously, not
just any ordinary peach will do no matter how tasty it is. I guess I
have in mind a more universal peach, the symbol of peach, in which
case it's unlikely that I will find the specimen in real life.

But since I
detest the artificial perfection that has seized our culture when it
comes to ideals of beauty, I will probably use a real peach to look
at after I have already formed the basic shape in wax, to add some
lumps and dips and bulges, to try to bring it back to real life
somewhat.

I'd better hurry
as peaches are passing out of season, soon to be replaced by produce
from Chili and I can't bring myself to buy produce from Chili. From
halfway around the world. That's just wrong.

I have been looking at a few in the last two weeks eating them fresh from a tree. Isn't there a little point oon the bottom?A good friend used to always start his classes with an apple and show how many colors with pencil he made it with.